U.S.
Hot Brooklyn primaries yield mixed results
October 6, 2006A major battle over economic and political direction was fought in last month’s Democratic primaries in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nearly 2 million people live in central and downtown Brooklyn. Seventy percent are African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Latinos, Asians...
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Virginias good ol boy keeps getting uglier
October 6, 2006Just a couple of months ago Virginia Sen. George Allen, one of the more nasty reactionary incumbents up for re-election this year, was being talked about as a potential GOP presidential candidate for 2008. As for...
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Ask the Communists
October 6, 2006Q: I was taught by my parents that nothing is free; everything has a cost to someone. How can a society provide free quality education? Were my parents wrong all this time and I didn’t know...
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A learning experience for progressive politics
October 6, 2006The weekend before the Aug. 8 Missouri primary, about half a dozen St. Louis volunteers went to Kenett, a small southern Missouri “Boot Heel” town, where a historic state representative race was going on. We volunteered...
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EDITORIAL: The corpse of habeas corpus
October 6, 2006Habeas corpus is a legal protection embedded in centuries of English common law that guarantees a prisoner the right to petition the court if unlawfully imprisoned. It’s guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Until now. The Bush...
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